I’ve googled it but just can’t seem to grasp it. How do they stay on as well as they do at such high speeds, with so few incidents of crashing or derailing? Especially when anything could be lying across the track waiting to get lodged in the wheels.
I hear so often that trains are so safe, but I don’t think I can get over my anxiety with them until I understand *why* they’re safe.
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Can I provide a bit of video evidence? Here’s a small passenger train (only three cars) that flings a semi and its loaded trailer off the track with ease.
The passengers felt a lurch, and one of the windows was damaged. The worst injury was a passenger that suffered facial lacerations.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RNVBndJiSs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RNVBndJiSs)
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